Preface
Introduction
I. —The Son of God
Man, the Son of God, powerless in the flesh, is
free in the spirit. (Our Father.)
II
And therefore man must work, not for the
flesh, but according to the spirit. ( Which art in
heaven,)
III
From the spirit of the Father hath proceeded
the life of all men. (Hallowed be thy name.)
IV. — The Kingdom of God
And, therefore, the will of the Father is that all
men should have life and happiness. { Thy king-
dom come. )
V. — The True Life
The fulfilment of the will of the Father gives a
true life. ( Thy will be done. )
VI. — A False Life
And therefore, in order to attain to a true life, a man on earth must abstain from the false life of the flesh, and live in the spirit. ( On earth as in heaven. )
VII. — I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE
The true food of life is fulfilment of the will of
the Father, and union with Him. ( Give us this
day our daily bread.)
VIII. — Life not in Time
Therefore a man really lives when he thinks
only of fulfilling the will of the Father in the
present, and leaves all thought of the past and of
the future. { Give us now our daily bread, and
forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that
trespass against us. )
IX. — Temptations
The delusions of the individual and temporal
life hide from men the true life, which alone is
real, in union with the Father. (Lead us not into
temptation.)
X. — The Struggle against Temptation
Therefore to get rid of evil, we must, every
hour of our life, be in unity with the Father. (Lead us not into temptation.)
XI. — The Farewell Discourse
Personal life is a deception of the flesh, an evil. True life is the life which is common to all men. { But deliver us from the evil one. )
XII. — The Victory of the Spirit over the Flesh
Therefore, for the man who lives not a personal
life, but in the common life which is through the
will of the Father, there is no evil. The death of
the body is union with the Father. ( Thine be the
kingdom, the power, and the glory.)